Shovel emoji
Emoji 16.0 (2024) · U+1FA8F
What means
The keywords Unicode lists for are bury, dig, garden, hole, plant, scoop, snow, spade. They show what people use it for.
Search for bury or dig on your emoji keyboard and is among the results.
You will find among the tools (28 emoji), part of objects with 268 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🔨 🪓 ⛏️ ⚒️.
Will show on my friend's phone?
It depends on the phone. came with Emoji 16.0 in 2024, so systems updated after 2025 have it and older ones may not.
How to type
Search for shovel in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find .
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type shovel.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type shovel in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type shovel.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, is one code point (U+1FA8F), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1FA8F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🪏 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🪏 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FA8F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FA8F} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AA%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AA 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the shovel emoji mean?
Unicode calls "shovel" and links it with bury, dig, garden, hole. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the tools subgroup of objects.
When was the shovel emoji added?
In Emoji 16.0, released in 2024. Only phones and computers updated since 2025 show it; older ones may show a box.
How do I type the shovel emoji?
Search for shovel in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find .